Earth system functioning as a separate area of protection for life cycle impact assessment
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11690%2F25%3A10496620" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11690/25:10496620 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60461373:22320/25:43931468
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=2TyjLDQv-U" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=2TyjLDQv-U</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jiec.70012" target="_blank" >10.1111/jiec.70012</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Earth system functioning as a separate area of protection for life cycle impact assessment
Original language description
Areas of protection (AoPs) guide what is considered to be the goal of environmental protection in life cycle assessment (LCA). Currently, the general agreement is on including three AoPs of human health, ecosystem quality, and natural resources. These AoPs determine the considered impact pathways, the included impact categories, and the design of the models used to quantify the impacts. However, the current LCA framework does not directly reflect the knowledge of Earth system science and the critical role of Earth system functioning. This paper advocates for an additional Earth system AoP to extend the horizon of LCA studies with impacts on the Earth system functioning and stability. It is argued that the proposed Earth system AoP would satisfy selection criteria based on societal consensus, intrinsic value, functional value, as well as cultural value. Including the Earth system as an AoP would allow LCA to consider different impact pathways and thus different dimensions of the current environmental problems. The included impact pathways and the design of impact categories could be based on the knowledge from Earth system science and inspired by the planetary boundaries framework. This is but a first attempt at a broad conceptualization of an Earth system AoP which would require further scientific debate and methodological development to be fully operational.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GX23-07984X" target="_blank" >GX23-07984X: PATHWAYS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Industrial Ecology
ISSN
1088-1980
e-ISSN
1530-9290
Volume of the periodical
29
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
634-644
UT code for WoS article
001452567400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105001576204